Help buttons have been added to each tab. Clicking on one will open the help page for that tab in the browser.

If “Consider for Band 3” is Yes, then a ToDo for the creation of Band 3 observations is added to the Problems list.

Duplications are now checked using the Gemini Observatory Archive.

The PIT will now flag incompatible conditions and instrument configurations.

The text templates have been updated, a new section has been added to the large/long proposal form.

2015 August 28

The 2016A.1.1 PIT has been released with the following changes:

Phoenix added as a Gemini South instrument

TEXES is available as a Gemini North visitor instrument

PIT submission status information has been updated to reflect when proposals have been received.

Target type options have been made more visible

The TOO target type is only allowed in TOO programs

PI name checks are included to help insure that the PI includes full contact information

The PIT now uses Java 8 and the required Java virtual machine (jvm) is distirbuted with the PIT for all supported operating systems. The system requirements of Java 8 limit it to working on Mac OS X 10.8.3 (Moutain Lion) or newer.

2015 February 27

The 2015B.2.1 PIT has been released with the following changes:

GRACES is available with updated options

Support for CFH exchange proposals

The size limit for the PDF file attachment has been increased to 30MB

Submission to partners with 0 requested time will be avoided

Improved error messages about which version of the PIT needs to be used with the desired backend server

Updated guidance in the large/long program text section templates.

More robust handling of non-ascii characters

The sums of the GS and GN observations times are shown on the PDF summaries

Fixed a bug related to the display of the program number when using the Australian style sheet.

The PIT now uses Java 7 and the required Java virtual machine (jvm) is distirbuted with the PIT for all supported operating systems. The system requirements of Java 7 limit it to working on Mac OS X 10.7.3 (Lion) or newer.

2014 September 25

The 2015A.1.2 PIT has been released with the following changes:

Support for Korea proposals (this version should not be used by other partners).

2014 August 29

The 2015A.1.1 PIT has been released with the following changes:

Support the submission of Fast Turnaround programs

New GMOS 0.25" slits

Remove RA constraints on special (DD,PW) proposals

Discontinue support for Solaris

2014 July 24

The 2014B SV PIT (2014.2.2) has been released with the following changes:

Support GMOS-N + Altair

Add GMOS-S Z and Y filters

Support GRACES

2014 February 28

The 2014B PIT (2014.2.1) has been released with the following changes:

Support the submission of large and long programs

Make it possible to select DSSI and Texes

Allow selection of Subaru visitor instruments

2014 February 3

An updated 2014A PIT (2014A.1.2) has been released to support 2014A poor weather, director's time, and GPI early science proposals. Changes from the previous version include:

Added GPI and GRACES in the instrument resources list

Fixed a problem with Horizons nonsidereal target queries

2013 August 30

The 2014A PIT (2014.1.1) has been released with the following changes:

Proposers using the Gemini default template for the PDF attachment now have one page to describe the Experimental Design. This is simlar to the US/NOAO proposal template.

Proposers are now requested to attach representative results from the Gemini Integration Time calculators to the proposal. A new section for this has been added to the templates for the text sections.

Added support for relative as well as absolute for the PDF attachment. The attachment will be found if it is in the same directory as the XML file. This is mainly to facilitate NTAC proposal handling.

2012 March 1

The 2012B PIT is entirely new and improved. No code is shared with the previous Tool, and users are encouraged to get familiar with the new Tool well ahead of the proposal submission deadline. Some elements will look similar to the Observing Tool (OT).

Proposals for Semester 2012A Director's Time, Poor Weather or Science Verification need to continue to use the 2012A PIT until further notice (at least through June when a new OT will be released).